Days 18 & 19: the best advice for twins, elementary school age and beyond

October 23, 2015December 4, 2015 / Heather Davis Nelson / 1 Comment

This will be the final part of “the best advice” mini-series, addressing the area of elementary school age and beyond. On the twin connection: “I read an article written by 18-year-old twin sisters attending different colleges. They agreed that the strangest part of that experience had been remembering to refer to themselves singly: “my birthday,” “my mom,” etc … Continue reading Days 18 & 19: the best advice for twins, elementary school age and beyond

Days 16 & 17: my favorite advice for twins, preschool stage

October 23, 2015October 23, 2015 / Heather Davis Nelson / 1 Comment

As my twin daughters are five-years-old, but not yet in kindergarten (birthdays were too close to the cut-off date), I consider myself an expert at the preschool stage. (Wink, wink … hardly!) They have been to preschool for three years now, the first year they were in a 2-day program; the second year they were … Continue reading Days 16 & 17: my favorite advice for twins, preschool stage

Days 14 & 15: the best advice for twins, toddler stage

October 21, 2015 / Heather Davis Nelson / 1 Comment

The toddler stage: (n.) When your precious newborn decides s/he has a mind of his/her own and will exercise it freely, especially and particularly when out in public or when in the presence of grandparents It almost happened overnight: one day, the girls were cuddly, cooing newborns dependent on me entirely for sustenance and who could … Continue reading Days 14 & 15: the best advice for twins, toddler stage

Days 12 & 13: the best advice for raising twins, newborn stage

October 19, 2015October 20, 2015 / Heather Davis Nelson / 1 Comment

This week’s posts are going to be soooo good and rich that I’ve decided for them to “count” as double-editions worth two days. (Which also fits nicely with the reality that it’s October 19th and I’m only on days 12-13 of the #write31days challenge.) I have polled a handful of my fellow mamas of twins … Continue reading Days 12 & 13: the best advice for raising twins, newborn stage

Day 11: the 6 best books on twins

October 17, 2015October 17, 2015 / Heather Davis Nelson / 2 Comments

#write31days series/IRL note: For the next week, I will have double features for each day to give space to catch up with the 31-day series. Everything I wrote about regarding how raising twins takes a village and abundant grace we have experienced the past few weeks, this past week especially as the girls were sick … Continue reading Day 11: the 6 best books on twins

write 31 days: parenting twins

September 26, 2015October 31, 2015 / Heather Davis Nelson / 15 Comments

Last year I joined the October writing challenge to write for the 31 days of the month. I chose Kate Motaung’s “Five Minute Writing” version since I love Five Minute Friday. Quite honestly, it was exhausting to try to write every day. I skipped a few. I amended a couple of the given topics. I … Continue reading write 31 days: parenting twins

Day 2: twin pregnancy, first trimester: nausea, exhaustion, and PB&J

October 2, 2015October 2, 2015 / Heather Davis Nelson / 3 Comments

If you were to ask my friends and family how they remember my twin pregnancy, you would likely get one of three answers: “Heather was always tired!” I vaguely remember the fog of deep exhaustion and the sleepless nights. It was such a bad combination – I would be exhausted all day, then could barely sleep … Continue reading Day 2: twin pregnancy, first trimester: nausea, exhaustion, and PB&J

on the eve of preschool

September 4, 2013September 5, 2013 / Heather Davis Nelson / 6 Comments

Tomorrow. Tomorrow it begins. Enter the song from “Annie,” Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you, tomorrow; you’re only a day away! Tomorrow my almost-3-year-old twins will enter preschool. This DAY I’ve longed for, that felt too far ahead into that distant Future which I couldn’t see through the hazy, sleep-deprived gaze of newborn days and toddler … Continue reading on the eve of preschool

11 things I learned in June

June 28, 2013 / Heather Davis Nelson / 3 Comments

I am linking up with one of my favorite bloggers, Emily Freeman, over at Chatting at the sky, for this post. She also happens to be a friend of my BFF, Katherine, which I think makes me famous-by-association. She’s an inspiration for me through her grace-infused and humorous insights on her blog, and she’s also a … Continue reading 11 things I learned in June

tears and transitions

October 30, 2012October 30, 2012 / Heather Davis Nelson / 3 Comments

As the tea kettle began its high-pitched whistle, releasing steam from the boiling water inside, I felt it to be the perfect metaphor for the emotions steaming within me. After an hour of bedtime antics, I was D.O.N.E. We would sternly warn them not to get out of bed, they would say, “yes ma’am,” to … Continue reading tears and transitions

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